18 Facts About Fernando Haddad

Fernando Haddad was born on 25 January 1963 and is a Brazilian academic and politician who has served as the Brazilian Minister of Finance since 1 January 2023.

Fernando Haddad was previously the Mayor of Sao Paulo from 2013 to 2016 and the Brazilian Minister of Education from 2005 to 2012.

Fernando Haddad was the Workers' Party candidate for President of Brazil in the 2018 election, replacing former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, whose candidacy was barred by the Superior Electoral Court under the Clean Slate law.

Fernando Haddad was Minister of Education from 2005 to 2012 in the cabinets of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff.

Fernando Haddad was born in Sao Paulo, the second of three children of salesman Khalil Fernando Haddad, a Syrian Melkite Antiochian Greek Orthodox immigrant who emigrated to Brazil in 1948.

Fernando Haddad attended high school at Colegio Bandeirantes, and in 1981 entered the Law School of the University of Sao Paulo as an undergraduate.

Fernando Haddad studied law, economics and philosophy at the University of Sao Paulo.

Fernando Haddad holds a master's degree in economics and a Doctorate in Philosophy from the University of Sao Paulo.

Fernando Haddad began his career as an investment analyst at Unibanco, but has devoted much of his career to public service.

Fernando Haddad has been a consultant for the Fundacao Instituto de Pesquisas Economicas, an economics research institute, based at the School of Economics, Business and Accounting of the University of Sao Paulo, chief of staff to the Finance and Economic Development Secretary of the municipality of Sao Paulo, and a special advisor to the Ministry of Planning, Budget and Management.

Fernando Haddad is a professor in the political science department of the University of Sao Paulo.

Fernando Haddad took over the cabinet position of Minister of Education on 29 July 2005, when his predecessor, Tarso Genro, left the position to become the chairman of the Workers' Party.

In 2007, Fernando Haddad established the Basic Education Development Index to measure the quality of public primary and middle schools.

In 2009 Fernando Haddad's ministry became embroiled in controversy after that year's ENEM leaked, which forced the government to cancel the exam scheduled for October.

In 2022, Fernando Haddad ran for governor of Sao Paulo with his running mate former first lady Lucia Franca, against Tarcisio de Freitas, a minister in the Bolsonaro administration.

Fernando Haddad was announced as Lula da Silva's running mate in the 2018 presidential election in August 2018.

On 11 September 2018, Fernando Haddad was named by the Workers' Party as Lula's replacement, with Communist Party legislator Manuela d'Avila taking Fernando Haddad's place as the vice presidential candidate.

Fernando Haddad is an amateur guitar player and is occasionally seen in public gatherings with his trademark SG Gibson guitar.